Title of the first text: 修齋醮說醮飛章送聖三卷集 [xiuzhai jiao shuojiao feizhang songsheng sanjuanji ]. External cover title: 齋醮設醮飛章送聖科共一本 [zhajiao shejiao feizhang songsheng ke gongyiben ]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host a...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [喃靈科] [[nanling ke]]. Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with a long scenario. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 184 folios.
External cover title: 初真科 [chuzhen ke ]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios.
External cover title: 謝王化依科 [xiewang huayi ke ]. Secondary death ritual combined with huayi ‘making clothes.’ Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚申年三月下盡廿九日申時抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1920 / 1980. Extent and format of original material: ...
Title of the first text: 隔鬼神秘語 [ge guishen miyu ]. External cover title: 壹本隔鬼神秘語 [yibe geguishen miyu ]. Ceremony to dispel evial spirits and demons. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 38 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒廿年六月初四日抄出.
Title of the first text: 貢筵洪恩秘蜜 [gongyan hongen mimi]. External cover title: 貢筵洪恩秘語 [gongyan hongen miyu ]. Magic to clean the land and recreate a new world after the flood. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 130 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 大清嘉慶貳拾四年庚辰歲辛巳月丙戌朔上.
Title of the first text: 接聖大獻 [jiesheng daxian]. External cover title: 接聖大獻科 [jiesheng daxian ke ]. Instruction to direct all Celestial deities invited to the ceremony to occupy their seats at the main altar and provide an offering for the gods, with a common form. Date(s) claimed in the manu...
Title of the first text: 一本救患科 [yiben jiuhuan ke]. External cover title: 壹本救患科 [yiben jiuhuan ke ]. The story of all the deities. It is chanted to invite the deities into the house/altar: It serves to announce them to the public and to call them to join the ceremony at the same time. “This is ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 開山科 [kaishan ke ]. Instructions to “open the forest” so a new village can be built. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲午年十一月初十日寫完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1894 / 1954. Extent and format o...
External cover title: 一本師意科 [yiben shiyi ke ]. Instruction for the ceremonies about invite the deities to be informed about the happenings in the household (and the village). Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 甲子年六月廿六日完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible da...